Zafar Iqbal, Ph.D.
Research Scientist,
Ford Motor Company, USA
Email: engr.iqbalzafar @ gmail.com
Research Interests
1. Wireless communications and coding theory
Message-passing decoding algorithms (LDPC, LT, LDGM, Raptor codes, ...)
Cooperative and relayed communication
Wireless sensor networks
2. Autonomous vehicles and machine learning
Sensor data fusion
LiDAR signal processing
Vehicular networks
3. Hardware implementation
Algorithm implementation
FPGA design and prototyping
ASIC development
Latest News
(Aug 19, 2021) Our work on convex optimization solvers at Michigan Tech has been published in IEEE Access. [Here]
(Feb 15, 2021) I have been elected Co-Vice Chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Young Professionals (IEEE SCV YP) Executive Committee for 2021.
(June 14, 2018) My opinion regarding the Chinese FPGA technology published in an article in The Epoch Times, USA. [Here]
(June 30, 2017) Our recent paper in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics has been in the top-50 most accessed papers of April, and May, 2017.